[ CHAPTER 8 ]
he's with me

─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ. ───

DESPITE being present in the flesh and blood, gaping alike to himself, taehyung struggles to comprehend the younger's physical presence and the reason for so.

"what the hell are you doing here?" taehyung snaps, unconsciously vocalising a rather negative ring to his words.

"i invited him." jin states plainly, gaze apprehensive as he glances between the two.

"no shit sherlock, the speech said enough." he scoffs.

"oi, don't give me attitude-"

"hyung, it's fine." jeongguk intervenes, a growing smirk curving at his lips, tilting his head to fix his hooded stare at the elder.

there's a stifling silence, one in which the rest of the group watches on as they two males glare abrasively at one another, well taehyung surely did, cheeks tinted with a dark red hue as he struggles to ignore, might you say the burning sensual stare sent his way.

"stop looking at me like that." taehyung hisses, warmth flooding his cheeks as the younger male laughs darkly, tongue tracing his thin lips.

"why?" jeongguk prods, mischievously, "does it make you nervous?"

"well yeah, why else would i ask you?- no! forget that! i'm just disgusted, it's weird!"

"oh God," jimin groans, his own cheeks light red as he presses his head to his palms, "just stop tae."

hoseok who had been watching the two with as much vigorous speculation as the rest of group suddenly pipes up smugly, "you two like each other, don't you?"

"no, the hell?!"

"ew no, have you seen the guy?!"

"aw cute, you're both in the denial stage." jin comments, grinning wide at the repulsed gags he's returned with.

"sure." namjoon drawls, dimples popping as he joins his boyfriend's mocking prods, "hey jeongguk, taehyung's single, just thought you should know."

grinning, jeongguk shrugs, "gonna stay like that when he's looking like what he is now."

"fuck you, i'm beautiful."

"bet your mother's the only person who tells you that."

flushing a dark coral at the amusement that ripples across the table at the man's words, taehyung finds himself feeling increasingly betrayed as he spots his rose-haired friend clapping a palm against his lips, the skin at his eyes tipped into gentle crescents.

"well sorry if i don't have a ton of cash in my bank to pay for plastic surgery." taehyung sneers, a smirk tugging at his lips at the low whistles his remark revives.

[a/n] please don't take that line offensively, we all have different reasons to go under the knife both medically in a life-saving procedure or just because we want a little bit of change, i respect that but tae's a pissed off, tipsy hoe ignore him.

remaining indifferent, he replies cooly, "glad to know you think of me so flawlessly, silver."

jin, who had been watching on with growing amusement, lips sealed in a quivering line as his cheeks swell with the imprisonments of the amusement that blossoms red at his skin, explodes into a fit of choked cackles, clapping feverishly before him as he wheezes.

"oh my God you guys are meant to be."

despite knowing fully well that his friends mean no harm, taehyung can't help but feel slightly uncomfortable as jeongguk smirks lazily across the table at him, his gaze shifting towards his red-haired friend who grins smugly at him.

"i bet 50 for them going at it like rabbits in about three months!" hoseok calls, cheeks full as he grins.

snorting, jimin shakes his head, "nah tae's way to stubborn, i say more."

"less!" namjoon calls from the head table, smirking teasingly, "jeongguk's knows his way into anyone's heart."

"guys!" taehyung whines, cheeks adorned with a stark red hue, "stop it!"

"taehyungie's falling in love everyone!" hoseok exclaims, feeling a tad extra as he feigns sobbing, "it was just yesterday that i bought him captain america underpants!"

"you like captain america?" jeongguk grimaces, scowling deeply as he narrows his eyes at the silver-haired male.

dismissing the glare sent his way and the repulsion laced in the male's tones, taehyung opts to change tactics, his own smirk now prying at his lips, "about love, we all know hoseokie got a little someone he's not telling us about."

flushing crimson to the tips of his roots, hoseok denies vividly, waving his hands comically in the air as a string of wolf whistles echo his way.

"no, no, nopey nope!" he shouts, face burning a stark red, "i'm a single pringle and i'm proud of that!"

"wait till i sunmi that." taehyung grins smugly, relieved at the change of topic and victim, "poor girl'll be in tears."

"you have her number?!"

"well duh, i've gotta have my best friend's girl's number with me to spam at if she hurts you."

despite the soft moment that blankets the group with soft 'aw's' at the silver-haired male's words, jimin wasn't having it as he pouts, arms crossed over his chest, "how come i never knew?!"

"'cuz no one trusts you with a secret."

shooting namjoon a dirty glare at his words, he defends himself, "i don't tell anyone anything private."

"anyone but tae and yoongi, and tae can't keep his mouth shut while yoongi can't differentiate between what's private and open although i suppose he doesn't necessarily care."

shrugging, yoongi appears as unfazed as ever as he twists an arm around his boyfriend to grasp a handful of chips, although taehyung doesn't seem to take the statement too well, lips jutting out to a rosy pout.

"i'd have you know that i keep secrets real well." he huffs.

"i call bs!" hoseok snaps hotly, "sunmi was meant to be a secret."

"she that special you can't even tell your best friend?" jin speculates, feigning a pout, "must be something."

"tell me about it," taehyung mocks, "he was all over her to the point it wasn't even subtle. creepy honestly."

"shut up."

giggling at the sneer strung upon the redhead's words, taehyung shrieks as a pointed pair of fingers slip past the fabric of his shirt, nipping at the skin at his hips.

"ew, sunmi cooties!"

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the night is one of a blur, smudged with slabs of neon lights, slipping and sliding across the quivering sets of wine glasses perched meticulously on various tables, bass thumping in time with one's heart as the roars for further ecstasy burns at their throat and shrieks across the walls of the voluminous room.

slick bodies press against his own, hooded eyes offering him crooked smiles of tell-tale want, numb by what many yearned to not be the temporary fabrication of paradise and the diversion of the chaos that tore at both their mind and self, tugging them further into the bottomless abyss of destruction.

the air around taehyung is stifling, the ragged breathing of a man who slings loose arms around his waist, swollen lips pressed at the curve of his neck and low murmurs seeping into the dips of his rumpled shirt, striped cardigan propped over the curve of his shoulder.

"so pretty hm?"

humming at the comment, taehyung returns the other's hooded gaze, mind numb to any logic and maturity as he simpers into the harsh gropes and teasing fingers at his side.

it's a rather good looking man, visibly a few years older than him with dark brooding eyes, a jawline that would pierce titanium and hair dishevelled, ebony locks cascading across his forehead.

"what do you want me to do to you baby?" the man quips, fingers reaching up to cup his cheek, tilting his chin to look up to his dark eyes.

"m'dunno," taehyung drawls, limp in his hold, "anything-"

"alright." a voice intervenes, calloused palms curling around his elbow as he tugged forcefully from the stranger's grasp, "that's enough."

"huh?" the silver-haired male gapes, back flush against a rather familiar chiselled chest as the grip around his arm tightens.

"who the hell are you?" the stranger snaps, narrowing his eyes at the unknown man who had stepped in on his fun.

"someone you're gonna regret messing with when the shit you drank gets out of your system." the unknown man quips, and then as if noticing the other's odd gaze at the bemused silver-haired man in his arms he adds, "he's with me."

turning on his heel - stumbling as he does - taehyung twists his body to identify the man who had tugged him from a rather enjoyable dance.

frowning lightly, taehyung slurs, "gukkie? what chu doin' here?"

"nice nickname you got there," the stranger snickers, "lil gukkie baby."

"piss off jackass, go molest someone your age."

scowling, the man says hotly, "he was asking for it-"

"he's fucking drunk, he doesn't know shit.
you, however, aren't, how low can you get to take advantage of someone like that?"

"not drunk." taehyung frowns, long finger unfurling to prod the younger's chest, "m'peachy, chu drunk."

"shut up." jeongguk glowers, visibly irritated as he returns the other man's burning glare, "i don't have the time for this, fuck, no don't cry-"

but the damage had been done and it was all too late to cease the waterworks that quiver at the elder's wide, caramel eyes, rose lips trembling in a pout as he squirms in the other's hold, tears running down the apples of his cheeks as he wails.

"rudo!" taehyung cries, "you're the worst reindeer ever! i'm tellin santa, hic, you'll be on the naughty list and you won't get nothin!"

"that's rudolph tae."

"i don't care! i hate you! you're the meanest, ugliest poop ever!"

"ew, the fuck?" the stranger grimaces, "poop? the hell goes in your head?"

"go away!" taehyung suddenly snaps, rounding on the male who he had been grinding on mere minutes ago, "or you'll be a poop too!"

expression sour, the man obeys trudging back into the crowd, visibly repulsed from what jeongguk figures is the blurred image of taehyung's insult now stapled at the very front of his mind.

"God, okay, that dude's done, now you," jeongguk sighs, inching forward to the sniffling male who narrows his swollen eyes at him, "let's go tae, c'mon."

"no."

"no? look i don't care what you want, but your friends will kill me if they found out that i left you by yourself with no ride back."

"chim'll drive me." taehyung snaps stubbornly, "i don't wanna go with you."

running increasingly agitated fingers through his ebony locks, jeongguk retorts, "both of them are drunk, hoseok and i are the only one's sober."

"then take me to hobi." he huffs, crossing his arms over his chest.

pinching the bridge of his nose, he inhales deeply, promising to not lose the dwindling self-control that slips past his mind, "do you want to go home?"

a nod, pouting as he does.

"then you're coming with me, hoseok's disappeared."

and it was true as they stand admits the crowd, squinting between the mass of giggling frames for the familiar tuft of fiery-orange amongst the sea of crooked smiles.

now jeongguk could shun them away in search for the male to whisk taehyung home for he wasn't too eager to take the elder home after knowing off his stubborn attitude, but he, himself wished to escape the stifling air of the party and it would make more sense to bring taehyung with him that spend the next hour searching for his driver.

"hmph." taehyung huffs, still visibly displeased, "no, you're a bad reindeer, you'll make us all crash cuz you don't know how to drive a sleigh."

"i'm not a fucking rein- fine, fine then." jeongguk snarls, striding forward as taehyung peers curiously up at him, "let's go see what santa thinks about you hm?

and dismissing the taehyung's reprimanding shrieks of displeasure as he slips strong fingers behind his the back of his knees, he slings the elder over his shoulder and strides out into the frosty, chill of the night, the bass thumping at his toes.

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[a/n]

so i just got back into the song 'needed me' the ozzie remix and it's to die for ngl. it's so hard to find tho and so short, my needy ass is sobbing.

and yes, i bought back the poop from ange, no regrets.